IRIN - Haitihttp://www.irinnews.org/Updated everydayen-gbTue, 03 Mar 2015 07:31:38 GMTTurf wars or teamwork? The rise of regional aid organisationsMon, 02 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT]]>DUBAI 02 March 2015 (IRIN) - Regional humanitarian organisations are playing an increasingly active role in disaster response and aid delivery.But how do these new groups fit into the system, and are there tensions with so-called traditional humanitarian operators likes the United Nations?http://www.irinnews.org/Report/101181/Turf-wars-or-teamwork-The-rise-of-regional-aid-organisations

DUBAI 02 March 2015 (IRIN) - Regional humanitarian organisations are playing an increasingly active role in disaster response and aid delivery.But how do these new groups fit into the system, and are there tensions with so-called traditional humanitarian operators likes the United Nations?

]]>Who celebrity advocates are really targeting. And it’s not you.Fri, 13 Feb 2015 00:00:00 GMT]]>LONDON 13 February 2015 (IRIN) - In recent years, aid agencies have increasingly used celebrities to raise awareness and money for their causes. There’s just one problem: It doesn’t actually work. http://www.irinnews.org/Report/101122/Who-celebrity-advocates-are-really-targeting-And-it-s-not-you

LONDON 13 February 2015 (IRIN) - In recent years, aid agencies have increasingly used celebrities to raise awareness and money for their causes. There’s just one problem: It doesn’t actually work.

]]>IRIN's Top Picks – Cost of War, Haiti and the fear of indicatorsThu, 15 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT]]>DUBAI 15 January 2015 (IRIN) - Our top picks from the humanitarian world this week, as selected by our network of specialist reporters.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/101011/IRIN-apos-s-Top-Picks-Cost-of-War-Haiti-and-the-fear-of-indicators

DUBAI 15 January 2015 (IRIN) - Our top picks from the humanitarian world this week, as selected by our network of specialist reporters.

]]>Natural disasters - a rare positive trend?Mon, 12 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT]]>LONDON 12 January 2015 (IRIN) - Five years on from Haiti's devastating earthquake, is the world better prepared for natural catastrophes?http://www.irinnews.org/Report/100997/Natural-disasters-a-rare-positive-trend

LONDON 12 January 2015 (IRIN) - Five years on from Haiti's devastating earthquake, is the world better prepared for natural catastrophes?

]]>An ambitious plan to end statelessnessFri, 07 Nov 2014 00:00:00 GMT]]>LONDON 07 November 2014 (IRIN) - It is now 60 years since stateless people received recognition in international law, and the UN has two conventions (1954 and 1961) dedicated to their protection and the regularization of their situation. Yet an estimated 10 million people worldwide still suffer the problems and indignities of having no nationality.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/100804/An-ambitious-plan-to-end-statelessness

LONDON 07 November 2014 (IRIN) - It is now 60 years since stateless people received recognition in international law, and the UN has two conventions (1954 and 1961) dedicated to their protection and the regularization of their situation. Yet an estimated 10 million people worldwide still suffer the problems and indignities of having no nationality.

]]>Owning your crisis - aid partnerships in Haiti*Fri, 21 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMT]]>PORT-AU-PRINCE/DAKAR 21 February 2014 (IRIN) - Globally, humanitarian agencies are stressing the need for better partnerships during response, with local NGOs, the private sector, and government administrations. Following the 2010 Haiti earthquake, aid agencies were criticized for not doing enough to include or empower local authorities in emergency responses and recovery efforts. Four years later, IRIN has spoken to Haitians, government officials and aid agencies, to see whether this had changed. http://www.irinnews.org/Report/99680/Owning-your-crisis-aid-partnerships-in-Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE/DAKAR 21 February 2014 (IRIN) - Globally, humanitarian agencies are stressing the need for better partnerships during response, with local NGOs, the private sector, and government administrations. Following the 2010 Haiti earthquake, aid agencies were criticized for not doing enough to include or empower local authorities in emergency responses and recovery efforts. Four years later, IRIN has spoken to Haitians, government officials and aid agencies, to see whether this had changed.

]]>Life-saving hepatitis C drug approved, but cost is highMon, 23 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>NEW YORK 23 December 2013 (IRIN) - Following approvals in the US and Europe this month of a new drug to treat hepatitis C, activists are pushing for the medication to be made available in poor countries.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/99381/Life-saving-hepatitis-C-drug-approved-but-cost-is-high

NEW YORK 23 December 2013 (IRIN) - Following approvals in the US and Europe this month of a new drug to treat hepatitis C, activists are pushing for the medication to be made available in poor countries.